HC Deb 30 June 1992 vol 210 cc485-6W
Mrs. Roe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the number and percentage of all households accounted for by owner-occupiers in the United Kingdom; and what comparable information he has for other EC member states.

Sir George Young

[holding answer 29 June 1992]: Comparable figures for households are not available for EC countries, but the number of dwellings in owner occupation are given in the table.

Stock of dwellings in owner occupation
1990
Thousand dwellings Percentage of all dwellings
Ireland 21,005 81
Greece 53,999 79
Spain 16,287 76
Luxembourg 6138 68
United Kingdom 23,383 67
of which England 19,522 69
Italy 123,232 67
Belgium 43,997 65
Portugal 13,768 58
France 26,237 254
Denmark 12,353 51
Netherlands 15,802 45
Germany (West) 126,598 338
Germany (East) 17,003 n/a
1 1989
2 1988
3 1987
4 1985
5 1981
6 1980

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